“I am proud that I have twice now scored goals this season that have led to us gaining 3 points” Daniele Paponi told the official site after yesterday’s game, “and I will be the first to admit that perhaps we didn’t deserve to win the game. However, in order to get back to Serie A, we will need to win games like this, when we are not up to our best.”

“We are a competitive squad, and whether you start from kick-off or are introduced as a substitute, it is important that you are ready. Both times I have scored from the bench this season, I have warmed up as if I was going to start from the beginning.”

“I always work as hard as possible and when the manager picks me, I of course try to do as well as I can in the hope that he will see fit to pick me again in future. After my winning goal against Empoli, I did not play for four consecutive games. Today again, I have come off the bench and scored the winning goal. I hope that this means I won’t have to wait another four games to play; hopefully I can even play at least a small part against our next match at home to Livorno.”

“I suppose it was a little sweeter to score today seeing as I am from Ancona and there is no hiding their rivalry with Ascoli. Perhaps I let my emotions get the better of me at one point as I took the ball, however, the referee had a word with me and although I think he blew it a little out of proportion, it was all fine in the long run.”

“At the start of the season we had a lot of critisism and this was mainly due to many of our fans thinking we were going to win every game three or four goals to nil. I think many of them have now realised that Serie B is actually a very difficult league, regardless of the quality one may have in their squad, and that it is more about physical presence and fitness than skill. I’m sure that this squad could create more chances in Serie A than in this league due to the very different style of play needed to succeed in this league. It has taken us time to adapt, but being unbeaten in 10 games after our poor start shows that we are getting there.”

“I dedicate my goal to Paolo Castellini. Not only is he my room-mate, but without his fantastic assist, my winning goal yesterday would not have been possible.”

Pete